[TheForge] Rawhide

Mon Feb 18 12:36:01 2002

Your right, it is more expensive than I remember. I know I got it cheaper
than that the last time I purchased it. Maybe it was on sale then.
T. Clark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phlip" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: February 18, 2002 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Rawhide

>
>
> northwoods wrote:
>
> > Another thing I forgot to mention, if your anywhere near one of the
Leather
> > Factory outlets you might want to stop in. I was in there outlet in San
> > Antonio a couple years back and the selection and quality of items they
> > offered was impressive. Reasonable prices to, I went away with a lot
more
> > material than I had planned on getting at the moment. They also have a
club
> > you can join that gives you a discount on all your purchases for a year.
> > Discounts are 20% or more.  Someone else mentioned that a split or half
hide
> > would cost 70-80 at another place, I'd be surpassed if a whole hide was
much
> > more than $100 bucks at the leather factory figuring in the discount.
And if
> > you live near an outlet you can pick what you want from the hundreds of
> > hides they have in stock...
> > T.Clark
> > Mountain, WI
>
> Well, I just checked at the Leather Factory, and a half a hide is $130. If
you
> feel that is less expensive than $70, by all means, buy one ;-)
>
> I have been to several Leather Factory outlets, and the quality and prices
I've
> observed have been distinctly unimpressive, whether for leather or for
tools.
> Perhaps the one in San Antonio is better. I tend to doubt it, because I've
seen,
> for example, some of the tools they sell. I actually bought a couple of a
> certain type because they were mis-shapen enough that they could function
as an
> entirely different custom tool ;-) Most of the leather I've observed has
had a
> distinct lack of quality- too many holes, poorly dyed, poorly graded, etc.
>
> But, suit yourselves- they do have the advantage of having outlets all
over the
> place.
>
> Phlip
>
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